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A Newport News native named Dennis Banks used a strange sort of alchemy to conjure a promising show business career for himself. He blended a dose of YouTube urban humor with some sharp political insights and just a touch of exposure from conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck. Presto! In no time flat, Banks and his comic alter ego Felonious Munk were racking up more than a million hits on the Internet and thousands of television viewers in the New York City metro area. Banks, a 39-year-old former automotive finance director with a checkered past, said he's still trying to wrap his head around his own success. "I just started doing comedy in Virginia Beach in December 2010,"...

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A Newport News native named Dennis Banks used a strange sort of alchemy to conjure a promising show business career for himself.He blended a dose of YouTube urban humor with some sharp political insights and just a touch of exposure from conservative...